Prof. Minxin Pei published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times arguing that the Chinese government must order “the immediate approval and import of mRNA vaccines” to quell protests over the country’s “rigid ‘zero-COVID’” policies.
Prof. Terril Yue Jones published an essay in Politico magazine, reflecting on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests—which Jones covered as a journalist—in relation to the recent anti-zero-Covid protests in China. Jones noted the distinct similarities between 1989 and 2022 before detailing the stark differences. “In 1989 there was … no internet and the mobile phone I used was as big as my shoe. People relied on newspapers, radio and television for their news and for their cues.
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Business Insider interviewed Prof. Minxin Pei about how the mass protests in China present the country’s President Xi Jinping with the biggest crisis of his time in power. "This is Xi's first real test," Pei said. "The choices are very hard, and he's not been faced with such a tough challenge in the last decade."
PBS NewsHour interviewed Prof. Minxin Pei about the significance of China’s largest protests in more than 30 years. “For the first time, we have seen simultaneous protests in major Chinese cities,” he said. “But the other thing about this round of protests is that participants seem to come from a wide range of social backgrounds.”
In an opinion piece for Nikkei Asia, Prof. Minxin Pei writes: “(China’s President) Xi Jinping has a tough decision to make on China's COVID protests. Ending lockdowns and cracking down would both have high costs.”
The New York Times interviewed Prof. Minxin Pei about the challenges China’s President Xi Jinping faces with “zero COVID” restrictions: “You can arrest people and put them in jail, but the virus will still be there. There are simply no easy answers for him, only hard choices,” Pei said.
In an interview with The Daily Beast about the House Republican caucus launching investigations against President Joe Biden, Prof. Jack Pitney said, “Unless they come up with some dramatic new information that directly involves President Biden, this tactic is unlikely to succeed and may well backfire."
